Over the course of 2022, the UK recorded its hottest annual average temperature of more than 10C for the first time - with the Met Office confirming that it was the country's hottest year yet on record.
Research by scientists at the weather source found that climate change driven by humans, made the UK's record-breaking temperature annually in the region of 160 times more likely to occur.
The entire data spanning 2022 shows that the country witnessed a provisional annual average of 10.03C - the highest set across records dating back to 1884, which is also 0.15C higher than the previous record of 9.88C from 2014.
